A day in the life of President Bush (photos): 8/27/02

yahoo.com, whitehouse.gov

[rintense]

President Bush met with Saudi Arabian Ambassador Prince Bandar bin Sultan at the Bush Ranch in Crawford, Texas today to discuss the Mideast, including Iraq. Bin Sultan still asserted the official Saudi opposition to any action against Iraq. Bush also pushed the Ambassador to do more for children- American citizens- who are being held in Saudi Arabia because their father's are living there. Bush specifically raised the case of Amjad Radwam, a 19-year-old U.S. citizen who was not allowed to leave Saudi Arabia with her mother, Monica Stowers, in 1985. Enjoy your daily dose of Dubya!

[admiralsn]

OK, this one is sort of a joke. It was making the email rounds the morning of the 2000 election, and it angered a lot of Democrats, who believed it to be true!!
Remember this?

"Due to an anticipated voter turnout much larger than originally anticipated, the polling facilities may not be able to handle the load all at once.

Therefore, Republicans are requested to vote on Tuesday, November 7, and Democrats on Wednesday, November 8. Please pass this message along and help us to make sure that nobody gets left out."

[MJY1288]

Q; How do you know when a Liberal is truly dead?
A; When his or her heart stops bleeding

[ohioWfan]

Well, we had a whirlwind courtship and got engaged after dating two months in early May. Since I was teaching, we wanted to get married before school started, but give ourselves a little time to prepare for it.

We had another date set, but our organist (who was fantastic) was only free one day all summer, and that was my birthday, so that's when we got married.

I said it on another thread today. August 27, 1949 was the first day of my life, but August 27, 1976 was the best day of my life!

[BlessedAmerican]

We are transplanted Texans who have also lived in Arkansas and will eventually go back there. I have a daughter/son-in-law who are MS grads. Can you do correspondence for those last 3 courses?

[ThePythonicCow]

who wrote it

The earlier link that she posted to this article: A Bucket Of Cold Water, points to Dean's World

an online journal, with an eye toward history, philosophy, science and cultural trends. The journal is edited by Dean Esmay, who resides in Michigan ...

Miss Marple - an excellent post. Thanks!

[chnsmok]

Thanks!

[JoysKid]

Sounds wonderful!! How nice for you!

Did you find out if he and his friends got any different "fan" mail?!!

[DrDeb]

An INSTRUCTIVE joke about Democrats AND Republicans from David Horowitz's excellent new book, "How to Beat the Democrats: and Other Subversive Ideas."

"When I speak before Republican groups these days, I usually begin with a story I was told by the former congressman Jim Rogan, now a member of the Bush Administration: A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. Reducing his altitude, he spotted a woman on the ground below and asked for help. "Excuse me," he said when she was within earshot. "Can you help me? I don't know where I am and I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago."

The woman looked up at him and said, "Sure. You are in a hot air balloon, about thirty feet above the ground. Your location is between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."

Hearing this, the man in the balloon became irritated. Looking down at her he asked, "Are you a Republican?"

"Yes," she replied. "How did you know?"

"Well," he snapped, "the informatin you've given me is probably technically correct, but I haven't the foggiest idea what to do with it. I'm still lost, my friend is still waiting for me, and frankly you haven't been any help at all."

"Are you a Democrat?" the woman asked.

"Yes," he said. "How did you know?"

"Easy," she answered. "You don't know where you are, and you don't know where you're going. You've made promises you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. Moreover, you're in the same position as when we met, but you've found a way to blame your predicament on me." Republicans laugh at this joke, even thought it's on them. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK IS TO CHANGE THE ATTITUDE THAT INSPIRES THE LAUGH AND THE BEHAVIOR BEHIND IT.

[FYI: This is an excellent book, I recommend it for anyone who is actively involved with Republican politics.

Interesting tidbit from the book: Horowitz worked VERY closely with GWB and Rove to develop their overall campaign strategy. As Horowitz indicates, "Strategy is Decisive. In a(n election) year of economic boom and relative peace, against an administratin that registered 60 percent approval ratings with the American public, the Republican victory (in 2000) was something like a political miracle.]

[Kaslin]

This is quite long

Q: What do you get when you offer a Liberal a penny for his thoughts?
A: Change.

Q: How do you confuse a Liberal?
A: You don't. They're born that way.

Q: Why is it good to have a Democrat passenger?
A: You can park in the handicap zone.

Q: What's the difference between Elvis and a smart Liberal?
A: Elvis has been sighted.

A Democrat died and a friend went around collecting for a fund for his funeral. A woman was asked to donate ten dollars.
"Ten dollars?" she said. "It only takes ten dollars to bury a Democrat? Here's a hundred - go bury 10 of them!"

Q: How do you keep a Democrat busy?
A: Write 'Please turn over' on both sides of a piece of paper.

Q: How do you keep a Liberal busy all day?
A: Put him in a round room and tell him to wait in the corner.

Q: What do you call a Democrat with an IQ of 130?
A: A foursome

Q: How do you get a one-armed Liberal out of a tree?
A: Wave to him.

Q: What do you call a basement full of Liberals?
A: A whine cellar.

Q: What is the definition of gross ignorance?

A: 144 Democrats.

Q: What is foreplay for a Democrat?
A: Thirty minutes of begging.

Q: What is the Democrat doing when he holds his hands tightly over his ears?
A: Trying to hold on to a thought

Q: Why did the Liberal have blisters on his lips?
A: From trying to blow out lightbulbs.

Q: Why do Liberals work seven days a week?
A: So you don't have to retrain them on Monday.

A Democrat found a magic genie's lamp and rubbed it. The genie said, "I will grant you one wish." He said, "I wish I were smarter". So the genie made him a Republican.

Q: What the difference between a Democrat and the rear end of a horse?
A: I don't know either.

Q: How is a Liberal different from a sewer rat?

A: Some people actually like sewer rats.

Q: How many Democrats does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. They prefer to walk in the dark.

Q: Why do so many Liberals live in L.A.?
A: It’s the only city that is easy enough for them to spell.

Q: What's five miles long and has an IQ of forty?
A: A Democrat parade.

Q: What is it called when a Liberal blows in another Liberal’s ear?
A: Data transfer.

Q: Why don't they let Liberals swim in the ocean?
A: Because they can't get the smell out of the tuna.

Q: How do you plant dope?
A: Bury a Democrat.

Q: What's the difference between a Liberal and a sack of manure?
A: The sack.

Q: What's the definition of a Democrat running for Congress for the first time?
A: A mouse trying to become a rat.

Q: What's the difference between God and a Democrat?
A: God knows He's not a Democrat.

[Miss Marple]

My husband and I had a short engagement, too. We had known each other for a bit longer, though, as my department provided information for his department, at the company we worked for at the time.

We have ben married 25 years, and I have never regreted a day of it. He is still my champion.

[chnsmok]

That is a good thread but the thread I am thinking of was longer.

[admiralsn]

Bill Clinton and his driver were cruising along a country road one evening when a pig ran in front of the car.

The driver tried to avoid it but couldn't.

The pig was killed.

The President told his driver to go up to the farmhouse and explain to the owners what happened.

About an hour later the driver staggers back to the car with his clothes in total disarray. He was holding a bottle of wine in one hand, a cigar in the other and smiling happily.

"What happened?" asked the President.

"Well," the driver replied "the Farmer gave me the wine, his wife gave me the cigar, and their beautiful daughter made mad passionate love to me."

"My God, what did you tell them?" asked the President.

The driver replied:
"I'm Bill Clinton's driver, and I just killed the pig."

[hoosierpearl]

Cheney made one point in his speech that was so right on I don't know why some of us haven't thought of it before. He said that if Saddam had nuclear weapons, there is no way we could build a coalition.
He has biological and other weapons that are terrible to think about and he has used them, he doesn't hesitate. He has used them against his own people, against Israel. Anyone close enough to him that his weapons would hit, he will launch them. It is difficult for these countries to stand up to Saddam, because they know he will use whatever weapons he has against them.
We are farther away and he may not yet have the capability to deliver them that far, in large numbers, but he could surely hit Saudi Arabia, or Kuwait, or any other country in that region.
It makes a lot of sense, that the countries in the region would not want to come out against him, but probably secretly they are with us and hope we succeed. Probably no one will ever say it. We've already been a target, and Israel, so it wouldn't benefit us to keep quiet. We know that the US and Israel is already on his target list.

There doesn't need to be any blackmail with Saddam's past history.

[NordP]

aH......that's nice!!!!!!

[kitkat]

Thank you!

Each time I read that Dubya should NOT be friends with the Saudis, I think he knows what he's doing, and eventually we'll find out what it is. Now WE know what he's doing.

[ohioWfan]

I know that he got yours, JK, but I don't know about the other guys. Thanks again for doing that!

[JoysKid]

That's a good one!! Never heard it before, or at least I don't remember it!!! LOL.......



Sue

[mtngrl@vrwc]

The Lord knew I needed to mellow a bit before anyone had to live with me! LOL!

Not true, Ohiowfan! You are like Mary Poppins, practically perfect in every way! Mr. Ohio is one lucky man!

By the way, what a wonderful birthday that must have been, the year you got married! It's not everyday one celebrates their birthday in such an unusual manner!

You can only celebrate that way once though. LOL!

[ThePythonicCow]

Thanks, McLynnan, for the original link. Sorry I missed giving you proper credit a few posts ago.

[JoysKid]

Good to hear!! I hope we made is day!! Keep in touch with next location, if you can and want to!!


Sue